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On the Set of Carnage

Hollywood production designer Dean Tavoularis, whose credits include The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, talks about creating the Brooklyn apartment that serves as the setting for Roman Polanski’s latest film

Michael and Penelope Longstreet (John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster) invite Alan and Nancy Cowan (Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet) to their home to talk, after the Cowans’ son strikes their boy in the face with a stick. To create a credible Brooklyn apartment on a French soundstage, production designer Dean Tavoularis brought in American fixtures and appliances, and meticulously placed objects on walls and shelves that would be consistent with a New York home. Among the details in this scene is a baseball and glove that can just be made out over Winslet’s shoulder.